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Hants, England: Dartmouth Publishing Co., 1992. Comprehensive scholarly text draws on a range of detailed country studies and a review of technical options. Volume II examines the technologies available for limiting emissions; technical constraints; analytical issues involved in assessing abatement strategies; economic and political context of emissions abatement in key countries which display varied energy and political systems and… Read more about this item

Hants, England: Dartmouth Publishing Co., 1991. Comprehensive scholarly text draws on a range of detailed country studies and a review of technical options. Volume I examines the policy issues arising from attempts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector, including an overview of energy and the greenhouse effect; economics, prices, and taxes; closing the end-use efficiency gap;… Read more about this item

St. Louis, Missouri: Mosby, 1995. Comprehensive classic text examines the main concepts of environmental medicine. Advice is given on the recognition and management of diseases caused by exposure to agents such as pollution, asbestos, dietary and food carcinogens, ionizing and nonionizing radiation, chemical and biological agents, high-altitude and aerospace medicine, electromagnetic fields, hazardous waste and contamination. Basic science, clinical… Read more about this item

Chelsea, Michigan: Lewis Publishers, 1991. An essential component of all programs relating to waste management is the ability to perform measurements on-site for safe handling and disposal of hazardous wastes. This book focuses on recent developments in field testing methods and quality assurance, which are important to both RCRA and CLERLA hazardous waste management programs. The book highlights sampling strategies,… Read more about this item

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1984. Comprehensive text presents a new experimental-mathematical methodology for precise phenological forecasting and bioclimatic estimations. This new method allows you to solve phenological problems by simply superimposing biological curves directly onto the natural annual temperature trend or net, while taking into account various non-temperature factors. The author demonstrates the use of this method for… Read more about this item

Chelsea, Michigan: Ann Arbor Press, 1996. The EPA Environmental Engineering Sourcebook includes papers and bulletins that focus on remediation of soil and groundwater, making them available in a convenient form. This book compiles thirty-five documents- written by recognized leaders - on major methods and promising new techniques for hazardous waste treatment and site remediation. Each chapter evaluates the type of… Read more about this item

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1990. A basic yet comprehensive guide to working safely on hazardous waste remediation sites, this book can be used to educate workers and also as a quick reference source for workers on the job. It covers the rights and responsibilities of workers, medical surveillance, hazard recognition, toxicology, engineering controls, safe work practices, and safe… Read more about this item

Delray Beach, Florida: St. Lucie Press, 1997. Comprehensive text presents a clear picture of sustainable community development for what it truly is-a community-directed process of development that is based on human values, active learning, shared communication and cooperation, within a fluid system, void of quick fixes, integrated learning and work, that becomes a shared societal vision both culturally and environmentally.… Read more about this item

San Diego, CA.: Academic Press, 1998. This comprehensive text serves as a general reference for biologists and resource managers with relatively little statistical training. It focuses on both basic concepts and practical applications to provide professionals with the tools needed to assess monitoring methods that can detect trends in populations. It combines classical finite population sampling designs with population enumeration… Read more about this item

Boca Raton, FL.: Lewis Publishers, 1992. Contaminated Soils offers state-of-the-art technologies for detection and remediation of diesel contaminated soils that can be used by environmental professionals to maximize the practical application of theory. The book covers all aspects of assessment of soils contaminated by diesel fuel and discusses the most successful remediation techniques currently available. These techniques include the use… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1982. Comprehensive text contains a thorough compilation of information on alcohol fuels, including domestic policy and legislation, international production and use, production processes, uses, research and development, specific data on the use of alcohol fuel in vehicles with spark-ignition and diesel engines, as a chemical feedstock, and in utility boilers and fuel cells. 268 pp. Publisher's… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1965. Classic comprehensive reference text published in 1965-1970, provides a systematic organized source of technical data on marine biotoxicology covering the total world literature from antiquity to modern times. Volume I- Invertebrates includes detailed sections on: history of marine zootoxicology; phylum Protozoa; phylum Porifera; phylum Coelenterata; phylum Echinodermata; etc. 994 pgs. Illustrated. Volume… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1988. Comprehensive text identifies potential regional societal responses to a possible climactic change, taking a close look at several regional scenarios based on actual, prolonged, outlying climactic events that have occurred recently in North America. Case studies identify actors at the local, regional, or federal levels and assess their perceptions and responses, identifying the rigidities and… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1988. Scholarly text integrates theories and techniques from a wide range of disciplines in an effort toimprove the practice of existing environmental impact assessment methods. Topics covered include: benefit-cost analysis; land-suitability analysis; checklists, matrices, and networks; modeling, simulation, and resource management approaches as well as multiple-objective analysis. 304 pp. Illustrated. Publisher's stamp on the half title… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1984. Scholarly text examines the methodological and conceptual difficulties inherent in protecting the nation's groundwater supplies and provides information on groundwater hydrology, the nature and extent of the groundwater pollution problem, and the possible effects of exposure to contaminated drinking water. 149 pgs. Illustrated. Publisher's stamp on the half title page. . First Edition. Soft Cover.… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1980. Classic comprehensive text presents a preeminent study of ecology and environmental management from the perspective of physical geography. Text examines the basics of ecology and the relationships between biotic and abiotic components of the environment; approaches and problems of environmental planning and management in light of conflicting priorities and based on the principles of ecology.… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1985. Scholarly text contains a cross-section of Wantrup's best papers dealing with global natural resource economics, including topics covering water policy, water development economics, economics of environmental policy, economics and policies of resource conservation, multiple use as a concept for water and range policy, natural resources in economic development, benefit-cost analysis and public resource development; etc.… Read more about this item

St. Petersburg, Russia: Russian Astrobiology Center, 2002. This present issue contains detailed technical papers presented by leading international scientists at the 2002 International Astrobiology Workshop held in St. Petersburg, Russia. Includes a broad range of interdisciplinary topics covering prebiotic synthesis of the organic molecules in space; co-evolution of the Earth's atmosphere and biosphere and isotopic evidences of the environmental and… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1984. Scholarly multidisciplinary text attempts to bridge the diversity that exists in the social sciences by demonstrating that social science can aid in the process of environmental planning. Drawing on case studies and displaying a broad range of theoretical and methodological approaches, the authors address the transition from theory to practice in environmental planning, local-level contributions… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1980. Scholarly text presents a detailed examination of issues and problems in pest control research and management, including topics covering the instability of control techniques; continuing need for improved pest management to increase world food supplies; environmental and social hazards of pesticides; social, political, economic and ethical factors important in shaping pest management systems; etc. 243… Read more about this item